The 2019 crash killed Lee and seriously injured his two passengers, including an eight-year-old boy who was disemboweled, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed against Tesla by the passengers and Lee’s estate, accuses Tesla of knowing that autopilot and other safety systems were defective when it sold the car.
Michaels said the car’s steering wheel made a sharp, 43-degree turn on a freeway, adding that “excessive steering command is a known issue at Tesla.” “The case is not about autopilot,” Michael Carey, an attorney for Tesla, said. “Autopilot makes a road safer. It is a good thing,” he said. “It is a classic human error that caused the crash.”